So when is a start-up no longer classified as a start-up? I remember hearing one entrepreneur pose such a question on a conference platform a few years back somewhere in London. And their answer? “I’ll finally say I don’t run a start up when I stop getting asked to speak at events such as this.”

Just over three years ago, whitefox was approached by one of the larger on-line freelance marketplaces (they had raised $ millions) to see if we’d be interested in helping them curate the part of their platform that related to publishing. I am assuming at the time a number of requests went out to different sectors. It didn’t happen. We said no. I’ve no idea if anyone said yes. But it got us thinking at the time about the old adage, how does the guy who drives the snow plough get to work in the morning? Or more accurately, who is curating the curators?

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Unsung Heroes of Publishing

The Unsung Heroes of PublishingAwards are designed to sing the praises of the many talented specialists working under the radar to produce some of the best books in the business.

Whether you want to commend your production controller or recognise your recipe developer, this is your chance to recognise those people working hard behind the scenes to produce the brilliant books that are published every year. We’d particularly encourage you to nominate members of the freelance community. So much of publishing depends on the hard work of a very dedicated freelance community of publishing experts, but by the very nature of what they do, they are often forgotten in a book’s acknowledgements.